license

license
n
1. permission, allowance, consent, vouchsafement, Inf.O.K.; admission, access, entrance, passage, passport, safeguard, safe-conduct.
2. authorization, authority, warrant, warranty, certification, accreditation; franchise, charter, commission, entitlement, empowerment; patent, copyright, imprimatur, Law. title; grant, bestowal, bestowment, conferment; sanction, approval, countenance, acceptance.
3. permit, pass, certificate, credential; document, paper, instrument.
4. deviation, divergence, departure, straying; aberration, irregularity, nonconformity, noncompliance; disregard, inattention, indifference, insouciance.
5. liberty, freedom, latitude, free will or choice, free course, self-determination, independence; privilege, right, prerogative, carte blanche; exemption, exception, excuse, excusal, release, leave; indulgence, indigency, favor, immunity, impunity, indemnity, protection; presumption, presumptuousness, impertinence, insolence, effrontery, rudeness, sauciness, Inf. sauce, Inf. cheek, Inf. brass, Sl. crust; audacity, brazenness, forwardness, boldness, gall, Inf. nerve.
6. licentiousness, libertinism, profligateness, profligacy, epicureanism; excessiveness, immoderation, intemperance, gluttony; abandon, unrestraint, incontinence, lack of restraint or constraint, lack of control; lawlessness, disobedience, unmanageability, unruliness, disorderliness; immorality, laxity, looseness, wantonness, debauchery, dissoluteness, dissipation.
v
7. warrant, authorize, allow, permit, consent or subscribe to, vouchsafe; sanction, approve, give one's nod of approval, Inf.O.K., Chiefly U.S. approbate.
8. certify, accredit, validate, legalize, document; franchise, charter, commission, depute, invest, empower, entitle, enable.
9. privilege, enfranchise, grant rights to; exempt, except, make an exception, excuse, release, grant leave to.

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  • license — li·cense 1 / līs əns/ n [Anglo French, literally, permission, from Old French, from Latin licentia, from licent licens, present participle of licēre to be permitted, be for sale] 1 a: a right or permission granted by a competent authority (as of… …   Law dictionary

  • license — li‧cense [ˈlaɪsns] also licence verb [transitive] LAW 1. to give official permission for someone to do something or for an activity to take place: • The building contractors we hired were licensed by the General Service Administration …   Financial and business terms

  • License — Li cense (l[imac] sens), n. [Written also {licence}.] [F. licence, L. licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob. orig., to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See {Loan}, and cf. {Illicit}, {Leisure}.] 1. Authority or liberty given… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • license — or licence [lī′səns] n. [OFr < L licentia < licens, prp. of licere, to be permitted: see LEISURE] 1. a formal permission to do something; esp. authorization by law to do some specified thing [license to marry, practice medicine, hunt, etc.] …   English World dictionary

  • License — Li cense (l[imac] sens), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licensed} (l[imac] senst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Licensing}.] To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. Milton. Shak. Syn: licence, certify. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • license — [n1] authority, permission authorization, carte blanche*, certificate, charter, consent, dispensation, entitlement, exemption, freedom, go ahead*, grant, green light*, immunity, independence, latitude, leave, liberty, okay*, permit, privilege,… …   New thesaurus

  • license# — license n liberty, *freedom Analogous words: *exemption, immunity: looseness, laxity, slackness, relaxedness or relaxation (see corresponding adjectives at LOOSE): privilege, prerogative (see RIGHT) Antonyms: decorum Contrasted words: *obligation …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • License — (engl., spr. leißens), s. Ticket of leave …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • License — См. Лицензия Термины атомной энергетики. Концерн Росэнергоатом, 2010 …   Термины атомной энергетики

  • license — see LICENCE (Cf. licence). Related: Licensed; licensing …   Etymology dictionary

  • license — (also licence) ► VERB 1) grant a licence to. 2) authorize. DERIVATIVES licensable adjective licenser (also licensor) noun. ORIGIN from LICENCE(Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

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